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Exactly.
no, Hairston is taking Ime's place next year.I'd prefer waive Hairston than Pops. Gooden as a spurs ... well let's trust pop but this guy plays no defense at all.
Exactly.
effort, defense, at ude wasn't good enough for the amount he was getting paid..
Gooden was NOT worth his contract, which is the main problem with him..everybody acknowledges that he's very talented..
Udoka...
That was easy.
Close this thread.
I'm pretty sure Larry Hughes contract had to due with much of it as well.
Why are we comparing Gooden to Bonner/Thomas/Oberto? If he comes here, he will replace Pops Mensah-Bonsu. He might not even play most nights. He'll have the Melvin Ely role.
That works for me... I don't know that Pops is ready for prime time yet, and if the Spurs brass doesn't think so either, and they'd rather take their chances on Gooden, I'm inclined to trust that decision.
well I'm not aware of their salary situation at the time, so that could be a reason too..I was just speaking based on why Gooden was no longer wanted there..
if Gooden comes here, there's absolutely no way he's taking an Ely role..he's a better player than Bonner and Oberto..
Just knowing the spurs organization they are gnna try their hardest to get Smith and reality is they well probably waive Pops
No one thought Melvin Ely would be given the Melvin Ely role either. I think Pop will opt for Bonner and Oberto's system experience over Gooden. We'll see.
If Pop isn't going to use the guy, there's no sense in bringing him here. We're going to need ALL hands on deck to beat down the taller frontlines of the West.
After the trade which sent Eric Williams to Charlotte, Pop said on the radio and on WOAI that basically they traded a bench warmer for a bench warmer. In other words he had a plan for Ely and the plan didn't include a crack in the rotation. That told us about what his role would be from the get go.
Drew Gooden is a legit NBA starter..he has major flaws on defense, but he's not Melvin Ely..he's actually very talented, it's just the mental part of the game in which he struggles at..
Gooden has never averaged less than 27-28 MPG playing for teams, why would he be a bench warmer?..
If this guy signs with us one of our other bigs will have very limited minutes.
Looks like its either gonna be Oberto or Thomas.
Oberto: He already has very limited minutes.
I was hoping Pop would insert Oberto back in the starting lineup.
Oberto and Bowen in the lineup make us into championship contenders.
I believe it would be Oberto since KT gets more rebounds and points.
From what I've read isn't the deadline for signing a player that would be playoff eligible over? Players have to be signed by March 1 to be eligible or am I mistaken? If that is true then why even think of bringing in a player now? Even if he were to help in getting somes more Ws it wouldn't make sense because that would disrupt the chemistry of the team going into the playoffs.
Doesn't that sound detrimental to our success come playoff time?
Because he struggles at the mental and defensive parts of the game.
I'm not saying he'll never play, I'm just saying he's not going to replace Bonner as a starter and he's only going to get a few of Oberto/Thomas' minutes. If he averages more than 10 mpg and plays every game, I will be surprised. I'll also be happy because it means he's contributing.
Paraphrasing from FWD...
If a player is waived before 3/1. That's all that matters. As long as a player is under contract somewhere before the end of the regular season, he is eligible to be on that team's playoff roster. Doesn't matter where he goes, he'll be eligible.
waive pops
Thanks - was a bit confusing there.
Oberto and Bowen would have problems starting for over half the teams in the league. I don't see how they will somehow propel us to a championship. As usual, it's going to be up to the Big 3 to play like monsters to take us to the next level.
Its hilarious that people think that out of position Bonner, slow of foot Oberto or Thomas somehow provides better D than what Gooden brings. He may not be David Robiinson but he ain't no slug either.
actually, he shows the defensive acuity of a slug, so that was a pretty apt comparison.
yea we won in 2007 with Bowen and Oberto in the lineup BRAH
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